A Yeshiva University student was attacked by several “masked thugs” in a Washington Heights subway station on Thursday night, according to school officials and authorities.
Just after 7 p.m., police responded to a 911 call about an assault at the West 181st Street and St. Nicholas Avenue 1 train stop, according to the NYPD.
The 20-year-old student of the private Jewish university was punched and kicked by four unidentified individuals, according to police and Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin, a clinical assistant professor of Jewish values at Yeshiva’s Sy Syms School of Business.
“A Yeshiva University student was violently assaulted tonight by a gang of masked thugs,” Bashevkin wrote in a post on X.
“This is beyond frightening for a visibly Jewish community in NYC,” he said.
The victim was taken to Columbia University Irving Medical Center in stable condition, police added.
The university said the attack was not believed to be motivated by bias.
“This evening at approximately 7 p.m., one of our students was assaulted in an unbiased attempted robbery off campus in the subway station at 181st Street,” a Yeshiva University spokesperson told The Post in a statement. “He is back on campus in good condition.
“YU Security is aware of the incident and is coordinating with law enforcement authorities.”
No arrests have been made as of Thursday evening. The incident remains under investigation.
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